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SUMMER ASSIZES. BEDFORD, SATURDAY, JULY B. rx ICING V. SIR G. 0. P. TURNER, /FART.) IN THE MATTER. OF THE TRAVERSE OF AN INQUISITION Or LUNACY. The defendant in this case was found, upon an inquisition of lunacy, tried at the Gray's Inn Coffee-house, in December, 1828, to be then, and to have been ever in the Ist of July in that year, of unsound mind, so as to be unable to manage himself or his property.' Sir Gregory 'caving traversed this inquisition, the traverse came on for trial here yesterday, in pursuance of an order of the Lord Chancellor, before Lord "Chief Justice BEST and the following speeW jury -LSir R. H. logic, Bart. ; S. C. Whit bread, Esq., M.P. ; J. Foster, merchant ; J. Higgins, Esq. ; J. Mackay: Eaq.; T. C. Higgins, Esq.; W. Bartholoinew Higgins, Esq. ; George Musgrave, Esq. ; Henry Brandreth, Esq. ; I. Simpson, Esq. ; Francis Pyru, Esq. ; and Wm. Humble, Esq. The case on behalf of the Comm;ttee, in support of the inqui sition, teas conducted by Messrs. Storks, Robinson, and Dover and that of the traverser by Mr. 3. Williams (who came special), and Messrs. Hawkins anti Payne. As soon as the jury were sworn, Mr. Sergeant FIRTH addressed the Court, and stated that he an Mr. Gunning were counsel for the heir-at-law, Capt. Turner, aigri.he contended that it was his right, in such capacity, to take an active part in the conduct of the cause. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE desired the order of the Lord Chancellor to be read ; by which order it seemed permission was given to the heir-at-law to "appear" at the trial of the tra verse; and The COURT thereupon decided that the counsel of the heir-at law having a right to appear, and that permiasion being of no effect unless they could take an active part in the trial, it was their right to put petitions to the witnesses after their examination by the counsel for the Crown. Mr. STORKS then opened the case. He told the jury that the simple issue which they had to try was, whether Sir Gregory Osborne P. Turner was of unsound mind on the 19th December, 1829, the time of the finding the inquisition of lunacy, which pronounced the defendant to be incapable of self-government, and incompetent to manage his property and affairs. lie dwelt at considerable length, and argued with much force, on the nature tad character of the malady which afflicted this unfortunate gentleman, who, inheriting, as ha did, a fortune of 17,000/. a. year, bad reduced himself from affluence and splendour to com parative poverty ; and instead of cultivating that society in which his station and fortune entitled him to mix, had degraded himself by the lowest connexions, and afforded, in his person and habits, a melancholy spectacle of wretchedness and debasement. He then detailed the facts of the defendant's lunacy which were to he given in evidence. Rebecca Marshall, the first witness, deposed, that she lived at Battlesden-house (Sir (3. P. Turner's residence), as house-keeper, since 1821. He generally resided in the house for two years while witness was there; his sheets, neekkerchiefs, shirts, and towels, were constantly cut into holes, as if done with scissors ; always considered his orders inconsistent; he would order dinner fur a particular time, and when told it was ready, walk out; often did not dine till nine or ten o'clock ; often kept the victuals that came from his table, before he would let them go into the hall, until they were mouldy; when he did not consider joints of meat high enough, he would order them to he hung in the tire-corner, to make them higher; would order fires often in the hottest weather. Generally wore old clothes full of holes, and was never willing to part with them. Prior to 1823, witness did not consider his mind sound. His bed was often not made fer three weeks together. After witness had lived with him a considerable time he turned her out one night at eleven o'clock, sent for her back, and asked her to drink wine : there had been no . quarrel. He once struck at witness through a window, and cut his hand. .He asked her to tie up his hand, and atter she had done so, struck her again. He once ordered a hint to be boiled, and when it was half-dressed, caused it to be taken up and kept till mouldy, when he sent it back to the butcher. Mary Budge, a servant at Battleaden, said, that she looked after 'Sir G. P. TUrner's body linen. It was constantly cut in small hales. [Witness produced a number of shirts and sheets that, were so, t.) Sir Gregory must have cut the h o l e s him sSlf. He would not alloW his linen to be mended, He once hit witness a violent blow, which confined her to her bed three days. Some time after he lamed her along a paiisage .o And looked very moth derangeq. Sarah TtObins, a servant at l3attlesden 7 house, corroborated the former witnesses, and stated, that she saw Sir,Gregory's bed-room broken open by the sheriff's officers in 1823 ; it wanted cleaning very much. There were several pieces of filthy paper about the room. She last made the bed about three weeks before Sir Gre gory went away. She sat up with him one night, 'at his desire. He walked about the room, and looked wild. He was wrong in his head. Lady Turner had !ken there for three months to gether. She never saw Sir Gregory with her. d. Spivey, gardener at Battlesden, said that Sir Gregory would make him full up the flowers and destroy the shrubs. Redressed very shabbily. His beard was very long, and he was dirty. He wits : quite insane. Mary Welch, chambermaid at ,the Percy Coffee,house, Rath bone-place, deposed, that Sir 0. P. Turner, and two persons named Ryan and Tomkins, slept at the coffee-house in 1823. From the appearance of the sheets, she thought Sir Gregory slept in his boots. The room was very dirty in an improper way. • Sir Gregory's heard was very long. He caught hold of wit ness one night and tried to bite her nose. He did not bite it off, but made it very tender. Thomas Paxton deposed, that he had been servant to Sir Gre pry 15 years, and went with him to the -King's Bench prison in July, 1820. He was then completely insane. He was only once shaved the whole time, and refused to have clean linen. (Witness described indelicate conduct on the part of Sir Gregory in the presence of a person named Weir and witness.) From the King's Bench they went to Balser-street; Lady Turner was there. Sir Gregory slept on a sofa for a fortnight, and attempted to jump out at the window. Sir George Tuthill was sent for, and they were obliged to put on a strait waistcoat, and to cup him. They went down afterwards to his seat in the country. On their return, in a gig, be jumped out and ran away with a portmne team Coming from Rattletalen in a gig together some time after, Sir Gregory would not suffer the horse to he baited, but came the 40 miles through.- On the road, at Hockley, he behaved in decently before some females. When they came to. Tottenham court-road, he wanted to go back with the same horse ; they went to Baker-street, where witness was desired to leave the room, and shortly after heard a scream from Lady Turner. Ile went into the room with the latly't maid ; and in their presence he persisted in endeavouring by force to treat Lady Turner in a way too gross and disgusting to be mentioned. Sir Gregory would not go to bed during the night, but took a blanket off the bed, and walked about the room. He afterwards escaped from witness, and was found at a small pot-house in Tottenham court-road. He gave two men there a ten pound note to pay for some porter, and then ran away. They thought it was a forged note, and followed him. The note was a good one. In 1823, witness being at Battleaden, received le letter from Mr. Alaberley, that Sir Gregory's son was dead, with directions to break it to him as gently as he etrtdd. Sir Gregory said, the doctors had killed the child, and lie would have an inquest on it; and sent witness for restorative medieines,to put into the child's mouth. The child's head had been opened by the surgeoes, and although informed of that circum stance, Sir Gregory was slispleased with witness for not having procured the restorative medicines for it. lie then directed, that when the child was buried, a grating should be left open in the nu% in order that if the child should come to life again, its voice might be heard When it cried out. In October, NM he insisted on witness purchasing a common coin from a travelling tinker for 101., because the tinker said it was " the tribute penny," although witness told his master it was an imposition. He bought many other useless things, such as stones, shields, and spears, of his tenants, and gave them receipts for their rent for them. When be was leaving his house in Baker-street, his room was very oNensive. There were floury valuable articles mixed with others worth nothing. As the watches dropped out, he would -say, "hem's another—here's another, Torn." He had about 80 watches and 40 clucks. The curiosity-people he called his white -sheep, and went great lengths to pay them, Ha .added his tradespeople his black-sheep. He had shout 40 newspapers a many were not opened. He had many caw of wee k ; a great opened from London which ware never open , one was filled smalllll tiles from ruins :'the ivii , dshad since been mended' ith w l rth da-- wex7rstiptilme: of flints the house, brought from the them. There who got paid for them. roads by various servant at the King's Bench cores-house in Mary Springs,to roved that Sir G. P. Turner wall there for 32 November , 1132 never went into bed, nor changed his lineup days, during which nor washed himself. Thad a n artist, stated that he had been em- George to take designs for him, and hail spent ,loped Sir 1 6 t r t e l g esd "ry en-house, :t few Inv during which time Sir Gregory y at 4 1. lie, ou one occasion, assaulted him violently deekitleyed.l'altilamnother time he with a . firrced open witnemes bed-room door, and p'ulling back the curtains, stood before him like . a stitt tue,take of the surround_ without saying a word. He insis on witness mounting o the roof of the house by a ladder, to a vit ing country, ou a day that was so foggy as to render it impossible almost 'to see the nearest object. He used also to keep dinner waiting for hours after it was ready at the usual time. 'On cross-examination, the witness stated that he had sold drawings to Sir Gregory to the amount of 1,0001. ok* 2,0001. ; and that he was new indebted, to him for UpWards of 1,0001. Thomas Stephens deposed, that he , had had the care of insane parsons for 20 years, and Sir Gregory Turner was decidedly insane. Witness described his indecent conduct. Shaving was always done by main force, and when it was over he would fall on his k At six &clock the Court adjourned to nine o'clock on Saturday. The Court having resumed this morning, Wm. Jones, Marshal or Ilia King's Bench prison, stated, that from the otiportlinities he had had of witnessing the deineanour of the tletendant in the prison, he considered him wholly unfit to be intrusted with the management of his own affairs. That was witness's impression from the first time he saw him in November, 1823, down to the present moment.. In his general appearance he was quite deranged. Witness was present when the jury (the inquisition) examined him ; he said to one of them, whom he kite*, "this is all a conspiracy ; I haVe no chance here." Mr. Maberly, he said, svasat the head of it. - Jeremiah Herbert, keeper of the King's Bench coffee-house, frequently saw Sir Gregory there ; he was deranged. , • Francis Whitmarsh, Esq. was the chief commissioner upon the inquisition►, and accompanied the jury to Battlesden-house, which he sound in the greatest confusion, rese►nbling a broker's ware house more than any thing else. The principal rooms were filled with packages piled away almost up to the ceiling. In the draw ing room and dining parlours were packages and pictures in the greatest confusion ; and in one of the large rooms there was barely space for one person to pass to the window at the other end of it. The packages were broken open ; some contained children'sbooks and toys of trifling value. Mixed up with the refuse were things of value. His bed-room► was in a most filthy state, Nyith au accu mulation of empty lavender bottles in it. An out-building, ap parently a couch-house, was fitted up as a music -room, having a beautiful massive marble chimney-piece, hut the old coach-house windows unaltered. In an adjoining room was a numerous col lection of musical instruments, piled away like rubbish. In a small adjoining building were some specimens of sculpture, si milar to the Elgin marbles. In his sitting-room were scattered about letters, horse-shoes, pieces of iron, &c. Nearly every room in the house was in the same state of confusion. Witness has at tended a great many inquisitions, and in his opinion Sir Gregory is decidedly of unsound mind. He did not consider hie disorder lunacy, but unsoundness of mind. The Learned JUDGE suggested that it would be a most inconve nient precedent to set, if commissioners were subjected to be examined as witnesses for the purpose of proving what had occurred at trials over which they had presided. Upon the same principle a judge might be called away, when on circuit, to a dif ferent town, to state all that had passed at some trial which had taken place before him, Thomas Oldham had been clerk in the office of Mr. Maberly's father and himself for 40 years. Mr. Maberly had always been agent to Sir Gregory, and was executor under his father's will. Sir Gre gory came of age in September,lBo6, and was then in possession of a clear rental of 17,0001. per ann. It would not now, after incum brances were paid off, amount to 1,0001. a-year. The witness corro borated the preceding evidence respecting the black and white sheep, and proved a letter from Sir Gregory to Mr.Mabcrly, dated 4th No vember, 1822, authorizing him (Mr. Moberly), in the event of his (Sir Gregory's) becoming ill again, to call in certain persons whom he mentioned to take care of him, and not allow his wife or mother to have any control over his person or property. —He also proved a letter, dated the 27th of September, 1825, in which Sir Gregory directed Mr. Maberly to pay no more money to " Dr. Jerry and Old Tommy," because, by the result of the traverse, their attendance would turn out to have been unnecessary. By " Dr. Jerry and Old Tommy," Sir Gre gory meant Sir George Tuthill and Mr. Warburton. The de tainers against Sir Gregory in the King's Bench amount to 10,029/. and his debts in the Master's Office amount to 85,5001. There was an inquisition against him in 1814. In cross-examination witness said, that the inquisition in 1814 had been sued out by Sir Gregory's mother. In May, 1823, Mr. Maberly raised a loan of 45,0001. for Sir Gregory from Mr. Sturch. Lely Turner's mother was the wife of Captain Mayfield, of the militia. The 43,000/. was borrowed at 5 per cent., to pay off annuities at 121. or 141. per cent.; and Mr. Maberly did not receive a shilling as commission, or otherwise, for raising the money. John Flint, clerk to an auctioneer, stated, that from 20 to 25 clocks, anti 60 Or 70 watches, bud been sold by the Sheriff. Paxton, brother 4o the former witness of this name, had been gardener at Battlesden-house, and remembered Sir Gregory having a fiwn-pie dressed for himself, which he kept for several weeks. It was then given to the servants, by whom it was thrown to the yard-dog, which refused to eat it for nine days ; at the end of which period Sir Gregory ordered witness to eat it. Sir Gre gory has ordered witness to get up 1501, worth of trees from a nursery In frosty weather, when it was impossible that they could he dug up. He also ordered witness, after a heavy fall of snow, to wheel all the suorywip of the pleasure ground on Christmas morning, a task thathlrtbe men in the county could not perform. He gave witness various 'Other inconsistent directions, but never a rational one. lie once saw young Burgess flogging a cat which was tied by the tail to a table in the picture gallery, while Sir Gregory stood by laughing. _ Jamie WMalier has been one of the keepers placed over Sir Gregory ever since the 22d of September, 1822. Sir Gregory never undresses to go to bed, and sleeps between the blankets.— The first think he does in the morning is to rub his drawers, stockings, &c. with whity-brown paper. He also rubs his face and hands with it, and sometimes his watch, chain, and seals.— He objects to being shaved, but not now so much as before, be cause he finds it is of no use. When he gets new clothes, he asks for a week's holiday before he puts them on, and when that is expired, he asks for another. He mends his own clothes, and if there is a spot on them he rubs it with " whity-brown." He never has a good wash. He never goes to the proper place on certain occasions. Whenever he rises from a chair, he looks round on the ground as if he had lost something. He makes a noise in imitation of a bugle when calling for his " whity brown." When he opens the door he puts the skirt of his coat between his hand and the lock. When witness gives him what be calls a holiday, he gives him notes. (Witness here produced several of, time], which were read by the officer of the Court.— One ran thus—" Sir C. P. Turner promisee to accommodate Mr. APlllaher with 504 upon his liberation, in consideration of his not shaving him to-day. In the next he promised to accom modate the witness with 800/. " for hie services," In another he promises him 1001. not to mention , his peculiarities. Again he promises him 1001. not to mention that he had torn his coat.— He promised him similar sums in consideration of not asking him to take medicine, &c.)—Sir Gregory was not allowed to have wine or spirits. If he saw a hearse, or persons who were ill, he would take hold of his nose and run away. He avoids dogs and cats. He makes peculiar faces. Witness could not make such ugly faces.—(A laugh.)—He easily believei absurd things. He has gone down on his keees to witness to beg he would return him an old pair of gaiters which he had taken from him. When out, he hue exposed himself in a disgusting manner. He talks to himself. Witness has been in the constant habit of attending in sane persons for six or seven years, and is satisfied that the state of Sir Gregory's mind is unsound. Cross-examined.---Sir Gregory has always complained of being in confinement, and expressed hithself with indignation of those who put him there. He has always stated his determination to get rid of the finding of the jury. He complained that his case hail not been heard. _ . . . By a Juror.—Sir Gregory was in a state of great irritation on leaving the Court last night. All the notes produced were given to witness in MI. By the COUAT.—fusane persons are constantly complaining of those placed over them, as their bitterest enemies. Mrs. J. Davies let rooms in the King's Bench to Sir Gregory. He used to say he was partial to her little girl, yet always slapped and pinched her. When she wanted to get away from him, she used to touch his coat-pocket, and he would immediately jump off from her. He was very eager to take porter, and would put the pint-pot under his arni, and keep it there, walking about the room at the same time. He pulled out the front flap of his shirt to show witness how he made holes in it with a key. Eight of witness's chairs were broken in trying to shave him. When witness swept the carpet, he would pick up the flue, and put it in whity-brown paper. Sir George Tuthill thought Sir Gregory decidedly a lunatic, with n o l uc id intervals. Liquor was a great exciting cause to a mind predisposed to excitement, and so was distress of mind ; and thawmore drat, witness thought Sir Gregory was particu larly excited by d r i n ki ng. When he was b etter he was more temperate, but w h en his malady was worse he was more dispos ed to take liquor. D r i nk affected the brain, and exc it eme nt of mind from mental distress h a d a s i m il ar e ff e ct. He never saw Sir Gregory's mind, even M his better state, free from the disease. Dr. Powell said, th a t his ease was no t idiotcy. Mr. Lock's definition of ,s reasoning r i g h tly from wrong principles ," would, in part, apply to Sir Gregory: H e had a good memory. W Mr. Warhortou AS of opini on , that Sir Gregory was per fectly incompetent to manage himself or his affairs from unsound ness of mind. He was decidedly a lunatic. He had a correct memory, and was far from being an idiot ; his habits, coupled with delusion on certain points, were those of a lunatic. Tens city of trifles, the preservation of the things which had been men tioned in his bed-room, &c. were characteristics of insane persons who had been long so. . Dr. Sutherland is of opinion that he is of unsound mind. , - • Dr. Mimic) censidered that his di was Was chronic Here the case for the Crown elosia; Mr. WILLIAMS then addresied the jury on behalf ()Nit' dti fendant, contending, principally, that the evidence on the other side only proved that Sir Gregory was a man of eccentric habits, but not insane. The question fur the jury was, had Sir Gregory Page Turner sufficient understanding to know his own interests ? because, if so, ho matte': hoW lie neglected them, he was no more insane for wasting his property in purchasing curiosities or any thing else, than those persons were who were equally des tructive of their fortunes by gaming or picture dealing, or being habitually drunk, or living beyond their income. He would prove to them that Sir Gregory was a man capable of very con siderable study ; that he went to college; that he possessed very fair powers of composition, and could write letters as well as any of his learned friends'on the other side. What would thty say if they had seen Lard Erskine, when in grave consultation upon some question of the most vital importance to his client, make his spaniel sit up, and put his wig and gown on him to make him look as learned as the lawyers ? If they had not known him to be a man of the first class of intellect, would they not say that there was a little ballast wanting in the skull ? Again, what would they say of Sergeant Hill, an exquisite black letter lawyer, if e of his m arr i age h e f orgo t th a t cir cumstance, we n t toe d a y bed to the y ear h oo k s , i ns t ea d o f Mrs. ? heard an that d oi i the hill Lord Chief Justice BEST observed, that that was said of Mr. Curran. Mr. WILLIAMS dared say they both did it. If they did not know that both of these gentlemen were men of the first intellect, would they not say that they were as mad as March hares? Af ter commenting on the other parts of the evidence, the Learned Counsel proceeded to state that which he intended to produce. Let them not form their judgment from other men's opinions, but from the facts that would be laid before them. When Sophocles had, similar proceedings instituted against him by his children, be cause he had neglected his affairs, he answered the case against him by merely reading the (Edipus, his last and best play, and asked his judges if that were the work of a madman ? To which they an swered, by instantly acquitting him of insanity. He concluded by reminding the jury, that the fate of this irrevocably wretched man was in their hands ; and he was therefore sure that the case would receive that deliberate consideration which would enable them to arrive at that determination to which they could come with safety, from their own impressions. Their verdict, he was satisfied, would be their own, and not that of any body else. Dr. John Deane stated, that he was President of St. Mary's ' hall Oxford. In 1805, and a part of the following year, Sir G. P. Turner was his pupil. lie seemed well-disposed to pur sue any course of study which witness pointed out, and he was capable of doing so with advantage and effect. An attack of rheu matic gout which Sir Gregory experienced about two months after his admission made him somewhat irritable, and he then showed a greater degree of waywardness and self-will than he had done before. Witness remembered his using a harsh expression to his mother, who was then with hint in college. Witness told him it must not be repeated. He seemed anxious to excuse himself fur what he had said. His habits were singular. He re tired from society, and was slovenly in his dress ; but witness never saw any thing bordering on insanity about him, and was, therefore, astounded at what he heard in Court yesterday. Wit ness has known him down to tbo present time, and never saw any thing like it in his manner. Cross-examined.—On many occasions his appearance was some what squalid and neglected. His beard used to be of a week's or two or three days' growth, and his clothes very shabby and mean. He was so when at Oxford. Thomas Robinson, the town clerk of Oxford, first 'saw Sir Gregory in 1816. There was nothing particular in his manner, except that he was not dressed as became his rank. He corre sponded with witness, and his letters were those of a rational man. Smith, keeper of ,the prints in the British Museum, knew Sir Gregory, who often visited the print-room. He seemed very deep in the knowledge of books, which he was then illustrating. John Booth, a bookseller in London, knew Sir Gregory from his childhood. Witness occasionally forwarded papers from him to periodical publications. The manuscript produced was sent by Sir Gregory to witness for insertion either in the Morning Re. raid or the Ruropean Magazine, in 11523. Witness could not tell if it been inserted. Ite-examined.—Distress of mind and irregular living occasioned these attacks. When be took to drinking, he then became mad ; when be gave over that drinking he became is sound as any man. He used to compare his case with that of Lord Portsmouth, and say, "Mine , is very different; I admit Lord Portsmouth ought to be taken care of." In witness's opinion be is of sound mind. The manuscript was then read by Mr. WILLIAMS, aided by Sir Gregory, the writing being so difficult to make out that the officer and the witnesses were both unable to do so. It was a long article, written connectedly and with considerable ability, in which the writer criticised and condemned the bad taste of the present day in not getting up more of the old comedies, and in curtailing and spoiling those which were used. A series of letters, addressed by Sir Gregory to Mr. Maberly, commencing the 10th of, June, Ma, and running down to the 23d of November in the same year, were then put in and read. They related to business of various kinds, and were all written, not only with groat propriety of language, but they evinced an unusual degree of intelligence. John G. Hewitt, a dissenting ,minister in Berkshire, knew Sir Gregory from September, 1822, to October, 1823, and consi dered him exceedingly eccentric, but not insane. The defendant's rase having cloSed here, • Mr. &malts replied, and observed upon the circumstance of not one of the gang of persons who had been about Sir Gregory's person, and preying upon his fortune, until they had reduced it from 17,0001. to 1,0001. a-year, or one member of the College of Physicians, having been called. Lord Chief Justice BEST, in summing up observed, that it was conten ded by the learnsol counsel (Mr. Williams) that every man who wasted his fortune was alike insane. That was not true.— The distinction was this—where persons knew they were doing vrrang but had not a disposition to control their pasions ; and where a party did wrong from want of intellect to guide him. That was the real question. His Lordship then commented upon the evidence, observing that the letters were very dangerous evidence to rely upon, since no person had been called who had seen Sir Gregory write them, particularly when it was recollected who were at Battlesden at the time when they were written. But even if genuine, they were not inconsistent with lunacy; and weighing them against the notes to the keepers, which scale kicked the beam ? It was for thejUry to say, upon the whole of the case , on Which side lay the weight 'of evidence. The jury retired at nearly eight o'clock, and in a few minutes returned with a verdict, finding the defendant, Sir Gregory Page Turner, to have been of unsound mind, and so unable to manage himself or his affairs at the date of the inquisition in 1823. Sir Gregory was in Court each day, and sat behind the Coun sel, immediately opposite to the jury. He paid the greatest at tention to the whole o f the proceedings, and conducted himself with considerable prop r i e ty, although he occasionally manifested no small degree of irritation of mind whilst the case in support of the inquisition was going forward. WINCHESTER, JULY 7. The Crown business was concluded yesteiday evening. CVIG SZPZ. ATTOR.NEY-GENERAL V. ?ARSONS. This cause was entered for trial at the last Assizes, but went oft' for want of a f u ll s S pec i a l j ury . The case was now con d uc t e d by Mr. Sergeant Wild e , M r . R. Bayley, and Mr. Erskine, for the Crown ; and Mr. Taunton (who was brought down by a special retainer), Mr. Lewes, and Mr. Manning for the defendant. This was an information filed by the Attorney General, on the part of his Majesty, against the defendant (a gamekeeper of Lord Sherborne, and defended by his Lordship), for trespasses by him committed in the Royal forests of Alice Holt and Wooliner, which belong to his Majesty. Mr. Justice LITTLIDALIE observed, that as there appeared to be no facts in disput e , an d as t h e questions of law we re numerous lorta h n e t, wr it eedmiguhptonbe: and turned into a sp ec i a l verdict, to all parti es t h at the f a a n c d t s i im p ortant, should upon which the Courts of Law might dtellvarde deliver their judgment. . . and - special verdi ct taken ac cordingly. an action o f l ocal interest, CLiix v. limma.--This was brought to asc er t a i n t h e bounded" of the po r t o f Southampton which boundari es , w h en ascerta ined, would affect th e port an d harbour dues. There was scarcely any fact in dispute; and after the heari ng o f home evidence, a special verdict, as i n t h e l a st rase, was agreed to. GOLD v. FLIO,DT.--This was an action brought to recover compensation in damages for the injury done to a pony, the pro perty of the plaintiff. Henry Gold, the brother of the plaintiff, said, the parties t o this action resided at Wi nc h e ster. On th e 16 t h J anuar y, h is brother let the defendant a pony for two days, to go to Andover. It was worth 17/. when the defendant took it out, and only 61. NO TIME T 6 koSg s . tid THIRTY IllOttgAgo POUND PRIZES ItIEXT TUESDAY WEEK, WHE N ALL LOTTERIES END FOR EMIL when he prong tit Let t a t was defendant went to Salisbiry. , Cross-examined by Mr. C. F. WaLlAsts.....=Knottes ndchi about horses. Mr. Wmisms.—Oh, you are an et — eellent witness for this purpooie. [Mr. Williams, taking a record in his hand, asked the witness will you allow this to befiat ?] Witnesi.-1 will' allow you to be flat. —(Great laughter, in which the whole Court joined.) Mr. WILLIAsts.,—I thank you for your compliment; yott have allowed me to be flat, take care I do not flat you—(Mr. Williams still holding the record in the same manner), well, what do you call it? _ _ — Vritness.—l call it upriftht.—(Laughter.) Mr. Watille'Lx.l tvish you were upright. Witness.—l am in tui kind bf business. Ido nothing at all. Mr. WILLIAMS.-1 believe yob Witness.—When the defendant catne back, he said n othi ng o f his having been to Salisbury with the pony. Mr. Duffln, examined by Mr. CARTER—Saw did pbbey When it was brought home by defendant. It was run off its legal, ht tail was all of a quiver , —(Laughter)—her flank was thin and off in the middle--(Laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. WlLLikAts....lt was not unusual for a horse's tail to quiver after having gone a fetv miles. The pone)* had since been fired. Mr. Justice GASZLEE summed up, and the Jury rettttned a verdict for plaintiff—Damages, Six Pounds. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. POILTSMOUTH, JULY B.—On Sunday the Eden, 26, Captain John Lawrence, C. B. arrived from the West India station, last from Malta, where she landed Commissioner Ross and family. She left that island on the 16th of May, and Gibraltar the 13th of June ; the surveying ship Mastiff, Capt. Copeland, was the only ship in the Bay. The intelligence by her from Malta is not so re cent as that contained in our last paper. From Spain there is no particular news. The whole province of Andalusia was quiet, the Corn and Vine Crops most abundant in that district, and gene rally throughout the country. The Algerines were particularly quiet; they do not now molest the ships of any nation whatever. The American squadron was in the Archipelago. The Eden has been four years in commission, and so effectual has been the sys of Hygienne rebommended and scrupulously adopted, that only three men have died on board her in that period. She sailed on Thursday for Deptford, to be paid cfl Last night the Swinger, 10, Lieut. G. W. Matson, arrived from the coast of Africa, having been nearly four years on that station, during which she lost three Commanders by the fever of that climate. She left Sierra Leone on the 28th of May, bring ing one of the Commissioners of Inspection and Inquiry, who went out some months since. The rainy season had just com menced, but the ships were remarkably healthy. The Maidstone, Commodore Sullen, was at Sierra Leone; the Brazen and Esk, in the Bight of Benin ; the Redwing, on the Windward Coast ; the Leven, Barracouta, and Conflict, surveying the Rio Grande Shoals ; the Despatch, on her passage to Ascension and England. The Swinger brought despatches from Commodore Bullen, and for the Colonial Office. On Tuesday his Majesty's brig Alacrity, Captain George J. Hope Johnstone, arrived from Naples, whence she sailed on the 22d May, bringing despatches from Admiral Sir Harry Neale, who was about to sail in the Revenge, for Athens. The Sybille, 44, Sir S. Pechell, Bart., had proceeded thither. She left the Mastiff at Gibraltar; Captain Copeland having completed the survey of both sides of the Straits of Gibraltar, and of the bar boor of Ceuta, would shortly sail for Malta, and eventually to the Archipelago Islands, to survey them. The Alacrity sailed this afternoon to Woolwich, to be paid oft On Tursday the Caine transport, Lieut. Burdwood, arrived at Portsmouth from the Mauritius, with the second division of the 56th Regiment on board. She sailed in company with the Lay ton, which arrived on the 16th ult. The troops have landed, and joined the Ist division at Fort Cumberland. On Sunday the Lively, 46, Capt. Win. Elliott, C.B. arrived at Portsmouth from Plymouth, to take Major-Gen. Sir Neill Campbell, K.C.B. Commander-in-Chief on the coast of Africa, and suite, to Sierra Leone. She is expected to sail in a few days. Remain—Glasgow (which went out of harbour yesterday), Blonde, Lively, Talbot, and Swinger. The Talbot, 28, Captain Hon. Fred. Spencer, is expected to rail in a day or two for the Mediterranean. Ms Mayouty's mehooner Speedwell, Lieutenant Oxenham, an chored at Port Royal on the 28th of April, having sailed from Trinidad de Cuba on the 20th, after seeing the convoy safe in. Ou the 21st, in lat. 19, 80, N., and long. 79, she fell in with the French brig Aleide, from Cape Lopes (Coast of Africa), bound to Martinique, with 337 slaves on board, which Lieut. Oxenham detained and brought into Port Royal. Lieut. Aldred is appointed to the Coast-Guard station at Chal labro', near Dartmouth, Mr. W. H. Hall to be Muster of the Blonde. Four Field Officers, and ten Captains of the Royal Marine Forces, holding Brevet rank, have embraced the recent permission to sell their Commissions, and retire from the service. The Field Officers are, Lieut.-Colonels Barry, Combe, Mitchell, and Francis Williams. Any others intending to do so must signify their wishes within a month after the notification reached them.—(Hamp shire Telegraph. ) DOVER, JULY 9, 1826.—The Spitfire packet sailed yesterday for Calais, with Lord Se►ford, and the Sovereign is arrived thi s d a y from Boulogne, with the Earl of Beverley. On Friday, the day appointed for the funeral in London of the late Joseph Butterworth, Esq., Representative for Dover in the last Sessions of Parliament, there was a very general feeling of respect for his memory exhibited here. A great proportion of the shops were with windows closed during the day, and many pri vate houses observed the same token of attachment and regard. Indeed, we noticed several houses, whose occupiers had not been politically the supporters of Mr. Butterworth, paying this last tribute of respect and esteem to his memory. This morning his Committee, and particular friends, attended St. Mary's Church in deep mourning, and appropriate Sermons were preached at that church, and at St. James's. Such proofs of the hi g h est i mation in which the private and public character of the lat e M r . B utterworth were held by a considerable proportion of his l a t e constituents, cannot but be gratifying and consolatory to his famil y i n t h e hour of affliction. DEVONPORT, JULY B.—Sailed his Majesty's Cutter Nightin gale, on a cruise. - Ships in Hamoaze—Britannia, Windsor Castle, Forte, Trin cub°, and Pelorus. Within the Island—Bramble and Vigilant. Iu the Sound--Java, Romney, and Dryad. Lieut. R. Burridge is re-appointed to the Petorus. Mr. John Robertson, Assistant-Surgeon to the Romney, vies Roy, sick. FROM LLOYDS'.—(Tuts DA ) DEAL, JULY S.W.--Arrived the Triumph, Green, from Bombay; Northumbria, Davison, and Edward, Germain, from Sierra Leone ; John, Hatton, from Berbice; Eliza, Ritchie, from Smyrna. Bussorah Me rc h ant , M ort i mer, JULY O.—Wind S.W.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the from Bengal; Justin*, Young, from Grenad a ; Walrous 9 , Wright, from Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, JULY . Wind W.--Arrived his Majesty's ship Swi nger , f rom Sierra Leone, sailed the 28th of May; Henry and Isabell a , B ay li s, and Cape, Pierce , from the Mediterranean. Puled by, the Louisa, Dawbiney, from Grenada. Sailed his Ma - jesty's ship Alacrity, for Woolwich. SHlPPlNG.—Accounts have been printed in pur suance of an order of the House of Commons, dated 17th May last, of the ,‘ Number of Ship which passed the Sound from the year 1783 to the year 1792, both inclusive; and from the year 1816 to 1825, both in clusive." By these Accounts the following general results appear : Total No. of Ships which Whereof the undernien have passed the Sound. tioned No. were British. 6,897 1,262 1784 783 10,940 - 3,183 1785 - 10,268 2,537 1786 9,008 2,714 1787 - 9,746 - 2,954 1788 - 9,216 3,279 1789 - Accounts mining. 1790 - 9,742 3,771 1791 - 10,452 3,720 1792 - 12,112 4,349 1816 - 8,871 _ 1,848 1817 - 18,145 - 4,172 1818 - 14,496 _ b,052 1819 - 10,690 - 3,708 1820 - 10,926 - 3,597 1821 - 9,177 _ 2,819 1822 - 8,483 - 3,097 1823 - 9,203 - 3,016 1824 - 10,518 - 3,540 1825 - 18,160 . 5,186 PRICES OF STOCKS THI Bank Stock 4 ...... .... ----- 3 per Cent. Red .......1";/ 0 11 3 per Cent. Cons 71 % 3' per Cent. Ditto Red. 4 per Cenf. New ' .9 .8 4 1 ,tt Ditto Scrip • - Bank Long Ann .4,4.4.... - India Stock Ditto Bonds. l5 Ibptri. F . R/CES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Botats, 5 per Cent Brazilian Bonds..a.-....-..... ..... — Buenos Ayres Bonds ....., 5l Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct...,....,' Colombian Bonds '',.% Ditto, 1824 .28,4 q Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, 1E65 • 14% Guatemala — Mexican Bonds Ditto, T825..............43% 2 3 ,4 11473( S DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. South Sea New Ditto EL Bills, .£l,OOO 2d....... )0 Ditto 5OO 2d....... 11 Pm• pin; Ditto Small . . 2d.:......10 II pm. Ditto Adverti sed ................ Bank far Account ............• » India fOr Account ...... . .... Cons. for Account ..............4 f24DS AT ONE O'CLOCK. NapoMan, 1894 .............. Peruvian Bonds .......... Portuguese bonds. ..... .... Prussian, 5 per Ditto, New .... Russian, New. 5 per cent. ...w3 Spanish, 11321, 5 per cent. .... 7fri 11323 .................... French Rents, 5 p. C•••••. Exchange............ 3 per cent........... -- Exchange . .. PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O . CLOCK. Pa i d. Per Share. Brazilian Mining Company 15 Anglo Mexican Mining Company £ss 12225, MAILS. Artk ed. Due. Arrived. Due , 2 Tiublin ' ' 0 I Flanders ............... 0 2 Watt./lost 0 O Guernsey & Jersey 0 0 Jamaica . . ...... .. .... 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 a Lisbon 0 0 M alta il O Gottenburgh 1 0 America ............... I O Hamburgh 1 0 Bra zil 0 O Holland 1 • 0 Buenos Ayres ...... 1 France --...----- - - ' HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORRO W ' Morning' 5? minutes after 5. Evening ....... 16 niinutes after 13' 'Mt de\ s"*' nn iii LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1826. We received last night the Paris Papers of Fai4*Y' including the Etoile, dated Saturday morning. The Etoile contains the following Cabinet Ord' addressed by his Majesty the King of PRUSSIA i ° the Ministers of State, Baron DZ SHUCKMAN and Count BERNSTOFF, dated the 20th May, placing the Trade and Navigation of England and its Colo. nies on an equality in the Prussian dominions with those of the most favoured nations, as long as POP sian subjects trading with English Colonial posbV sions continue to enjoy similar advantages. "On the report which you have made to me on the 9tb this month, concerning the assurances given to ray Minister London on the part of the English Government, that the advin: tages which have been granted on certain conditions by Act OtP,' ' Geo. IV. cap. 114., to the subjects of Foreign States for trs':: ing with the English Colonial possessions, will be imn.lediattlid granted to my subjects if the Trade and Navigation of Engl l , ll , and its Colonies are placed in my dominions on an equality cm those of the most favoured nations, I consent that, from 01 ; time forward, this favour shall be granted to England, and it shall enjoy it so long as my subjects shall continue to ea j oltl l advantages which are promised them by the s aid Act, as charge you ,to take the necessary steps to that effect. "FREDERICK WILLIAM. "Berlin, May 20, 1826." • tutionnel and 0/ totidienne co affairs ° . n The news from Spain in these p a p ers is unintere st* taro the following articles relative to the • Greece, which will be read with painful intt.srest • (From the Consatutionnel.) 1 deneel NA PALS as ROMA NI A, ALA Y 12,—(Private Correar.,•pg —CoTocotroni has just bet out with the int en ti on o f o re- *"..„,E' ; but the Consta ar y the passes between Patras and Tripolizza. The regular trod - rib, recruiting daily. Fubvier has sent off several oompanio. number here is now reduced to 2,200 men. Ibrahim Pachs lost so many troops at the siege of Misiolonghi, that he can el; lutely do nothing without a supply of troops from. Egypt. has with him only 3,000 regular troops, and the greater of his officers are killed. I have had several conversations some of the soldiers who made their escape from Btfissolong:; they say- that they had been for a long time prepared. _ r ; event, and believed that the race w as d es ti ne d to fall sielarl . .„"T for the salvation of their country. Th e wom en and fought against the enemy, and several Turks fell by their hap w A young woman, now at this place, escaped with her bro ther the mountains. Th e b ro th er was overcome with fatigue , w il n, a Turk on horseback overtook them. She immediately ser ene of her brother's pistols, shot the Turk dead, and inountol the obje c t o f h er a ff ect i ons on t h e enemy ' s h or se, she condo s io him in safety to Salona. tor The Turkish fle e t i s returned to Constantinople. It was Lt sued by the Hydriotes, without effect. There were only avi o . eight days' p rov i s i ons i n t h e pl ace w h en M r . Ey na rd'a agent' W o o supplies th e c ity w ith provisions, arrived with a most oppor t supply, It appears from a letter, dated Smyrna, addressed t: French Gov ernm ent by Admiral Ri gn y, th a t the report Frenchmen had been employed in transporting captive Greer Egypt for the purpose of selling them as slaves, is entirely wit h o ol foundation. The fact is admitted, that French merellan" r tes purchased certain Greeks, who had been made captive St , taking of Chios, but their object was not to sell them as ' la but to restore them to their families at Alexandria. (From the Quotidieane.) 3 I Taunt, JUNE 25.—(Extract of a letter, dated Syra, 23). —We learn that sixteen thousand Turks have arrived at l avr ita, and had burned some villages on their march. troops which were at hlodon, Coron, and Navarino, ar s r jr . their march to Tripolizza, leaving only small garrisons in tie' places. Ibrahim Pacha is making rapid progress in the blo t el ' d The Greeks do nothing. T wo E ng li s h vessels are said to ', hi ' arrived at Napoli di Rom an i a , w ith p rov i s i ons an d mon ey for army under Colonel Fabric. The whole of it is said to he "` persed, with the exception of 200 men. FazNcu - Cents. opeolj, at 98f. 60c. closed at 98f. 65c. ; 3 per & r uts. 66f. 7 5 °,: Bank Stock, 2012 f. 25c. ; Bente* de ti les, 72f 55 4 " • Renter d'Espagne, 6f. ; Spanish Loan, f.—Exchangt• . London—One month, 25f. 55c. ; three mont a, 25f. 35c. The following article is extracted from the German Papers received:— HANOVXR, JUNE 26 pi " It is now as good as certain that the Arcs L. vs..; ~, " and villages, which have broken out nearly at the same the work of vagabo n d s . Phosphorus and matches have to found among the effects of some that have bien arrested- 1 there is reason t o h o p e t h at a ll suc h w i c k e d attempts W M be prevented. A Royal Ordinance has been issued, o ni•— • f ig very strict and judicious regulations and directions respe.", Passports, the object of which is to prevent travellers otti, being subjected to unnecessary delays and formalities, and at same time to enable the Magistrates to observe susidei cas dangerous characters." factoring districts continue t o b e o f a very We regret to find that the accoun t s from the unpieo n nature, both with resp ec t to tra d e , and the feeling the manufacturers. It h as b een f o und necessary in al se quence to inc rease t h e m ili tary f orce i n the 1 014 j The 53d regiment from Portsmouth, the 32a " T' , another regiment of infantry from Plymouth, with ° o regiments o f cava l ry, have b een or d ere d to the North e ‘, District. Th e 5 3 d reg i ment rece i ve d its orders n i , ner pectedly on t h e B t h , an d w ill march this day It ° Portsmouth. the W Bt e h __---7-- - ---- - _ . havejnst.r;ec:::tedthtehyisartneornenintigrelßy rubasisTeelns Pofapeinr:eptr ll ', genes of a public nature. The drought, and thode, storms, form the principal subjects of inforraA ti° l l o Serious disturbances took place on the 4th, 11° , 1 5, Theatre Royal, at Brussels, on account of an actreh), who had the misfortune not to please a part of t